diff --git a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/README.md b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/README.md
index 06a13818..68391033 100644
--- a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/README.md
+++ b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/README.md
@@ -281,8 +281,10 @@ first version is the one notification emails carry.
 The reply is a view of the check-runs. Its hidden state holds only the command
 and the commit; which rows exist, their labels, status and run links all come
 from the checks on the commit stamped with this reply, newest attempt only.
-Every writer lists those checks, redraws the whole reply, reads it back, and
-writes again if it differs. A job that overwrites the reply with an older view,
+Every writer lists those checks on the stored commit, its own commit and the
+pull request's current head, redraws the whole reply, reads it back, and writes
+again if it differs. Listing the head lets a writer from an older attempt find a
+re-run on a newer commit. A job that overwrites the reply with an older view,
 such as a finish from a cancelled attempt, is corrected by the next redraw of
 any job, because nothing it wrote back is a source of truth. GitHub has no
 conditional comment edit, so this is what keeps parallel jobs from losing each
diff --git a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/src/reply.sh b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/src/reply.sh
index 1145d086..93c538d1 100755
--- a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/src/reply.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/src/reply.sh
@@ -42,14 +42,25 @@ reply_checks_on() {
   printf '%s' "$listing" | jq -c -s '[.[] | .check_runs? // [] | .[]]' 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+# reply_head_sha <repo> <comment-json> — the current head commit of the pull
+# request the reply is on; empty when it cannot be read.
+reply_head_sha() {
+  local number
+  number="$(jq -r '(.issue_url // "") | capture("/issues/(?<n>[0-9]+)$").n // empty' <<< "$2" 2>/dev/null)" || return 0
+  [[ -n "$number" ]] || return 0
+  gh api "repos/${1}/pulls/${number}" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.head.sha // empty' 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
 # reply_refresh <repo> <reply-id> [sha] — redraws the reply from the checks on
-# its commit and on sha, writing only when the body changed, until a read finds
-# nothing to change. sha is the caller's own commit, which differs from the
-# stored one after a re-run on a pull request that moved.
+# its stored commit, on sha, and on the pull request's current head, writing
+# only when the body changed, until a read finds nothing to change. sha is the
+# caller's own commit. Every newer attempt runs on the head, so listing it lets
+# even a writer from an older attempt draw the newest one.
 reply_refresh() {
-  local repo="$1" reply_id="$2" own_sha="${3-}" attempt current state body all checks sha
+  local repo="$1" reply_id="$2" own_sha="${3-}" attempt comment current state body all checks sha head_sha
   for ((attempt = 1; attempt <= REPLY_ATTEMPTS; attempt++)); do
-    if ! current="$(gh api "repos/${repo}/issues/comments/${reply_id}" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.body // empty')" ||
+    comment="$(gh api "repos/${repo}/issues/comments/${reply_id}" 2>/dev/null)" || comment=""
+    if ! current="$(jq -r '.body // empty' <<< "${comment:-null}" 2>/dev/null)" ||
       [[ -z "$current" ]]; then
       echo "::warning::could not read reply comment ${reply_id}"
       return 0
@@ -58,6 +69,7 @@ reply_refresh() {
       echo "::warning::reply comment ${reply_id} has no readable state; leaving it as is"
       return 0
     fi
+    head_sha="$(reply_head_sha "$repo" "$comment")"
     all='[]'
     while IFS= read -r sha; do
       [[ -n "$sha" ]] || continue
@@ -66,7 +78,7 @@ reply_refresh() {
         return 0
       fi
       all="$(jq -c --argjson more "$checks" '. + $more' <<< "$all")"
-    done < <(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$(jq -r '.sha // ""' <<< "$state")" "$own_sha" | awk 'NF && !seen[$0]++')
+    done < <(printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n' "$(jq -r '.sha // ""' <<< "$state")" "$own_sha" "$head_sha" | awk 'NF && !seen[$0]++')
     checks="$(reply_rows "$reply_id" "$all")"
     # The rows decide the commit, so a stale writer cannot pin an old one.
     state="$(jq -c --argjson rows "$checks" '.sha = ($rows[0].head_sha // .sha)' <<< "$state")"
diff --git a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/gh_mock.bash b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/gh_mock.bash
index 2093e01b..5c3838c3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/gh_mock.bash
+++ b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/gh_mock.bash
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 # A PATCH to a seeded check-run stores its external_id in that check's file.
 # With GH_MOCK_CREATE_SEQ, a created check-run is seeded too. Seeded checks
 # answer the commit listing, filtered by head_sha.
+# GH_MOCK_AFTER_FIRST_READ names a script run once, right after the first
+# comment read is served.
 # A posted or edited comment body is kept in $MOCK_DIR/comment-<id>, and GET
 # .../issues/comments/<id> serves it. $MOCK_DIR/checkrun-<id>.json, when present,
 # answers GET .../check-runs/<id> ahead of GH_MOCK_CHECKRUN_JSON.
@@ -98,7 +100,14 @@ case "$all" in
   *"/issues/comments/"*)
     id="${all##*/issues/comments/}"; id="${id%% *}"
     [ -f "$MOCK_DIR/comment-${id}" ] || { echo "mock: no comment ${id}" >&2; exit 1; }
-    jq -n --rawfile b "$MOCK_DIR/comment-${id}" --argjson id "$id" '{id: $id, body: $b}'
+    jq -n --rawfile b "$MOCK_DIR/comment-${id}" --argjson id "$id" \
+      '{id: $id, body: $b, issue_url: "https://api.github.com/repos/loft-sh/demo/issues/7"}'
+    # Runs once, after the first read was served: another writer acting while
+    # this caller holds a stale copy.
+    if [ -n "${GH_MOCK_AFTER_FIRST_READ:-}" ] && [ ! -f "$MOCK_DIR/after-first-read" ]; then
+      touch "$MOCK_DIR/after-first-read"
+      bash "$GH_MOCK_AFTER_FIRST_READ" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    fi
     ;;
   *"/issues/"*"/comments"*)
     [ -n "${GH_MOCK_COMMENTS_FAIL:-}" ] && { echo "mock: comments listing failed" >&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/reply.bats b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/reply.bats
index 9f9e8077..bbf44620 100644
--- a/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/reply.bats
+++ b/.github/actions/comment-triggered-check/test/reply.bats
@@ -198,6 +198,41 @@ refresh() {
   [ "$(reply_state_decode "$(body)" | jq -r .sha)" = "def5678aaaa" ]
 }
 
+@test "an old writer paused across a re-run on a newer commit still draws the newer attempt" {
+  # The old writer is attempt 1's finish: its check just completed as
+  # cancelled, so its view differs from the reply it read and it will write.
+  # Between its read and its write, a re-run on a newer commit opens its check
+  # and writes the reply. The old writer only knows the old commit.
+  seed_check 11 Pro completed cancelled https://e/old 1
+  render_reply "$(state)" "[$(row 11 Pro in_progress "" https://e/old)]" https://github.com loft-sh/demo > "$MOCK_DIR/comment-555"
+  export GH_MOCK_PR_JSON='{"head":{"sha":"def5678aaaa","ref":"feature/x","repo":{"full_name":"loft-sh/demo"}},"base":{"ref":"main"},"state":"open"}'
+  cat > "$MOCK_DIR/rerun.sh" <<EOF
+jq -c -n '{id: 20, name: "check-20", status: "in_progress", conclusion: null, head_sha: "def5678aaaa",
+  app: {slug: "github-actions"}, external_id: ({r: 555, a: 2, l: "Pro", u: "https://e/new"} | tojson)}' \
+  > "$MOCK_DIR/checkrun-20.json"
+printf '%s' "\$(source "$LIB" && render_reply '{"v":2,"comment_id":777,"command":"/test-e2e snapshots","sha":"def5678aaaa"}' \
+  '[{"id":20,"label":"Pro","status":"in_progress","conclusion":null,"head_sha":"def5678aaaa","url":"https://e/new"}]' \
+  https://github.com loft-sh/demo)" > "$MOCK_DIR/comment-555"
+EOF
+  export GH_MOCK_AFTER_FIRST_READ="$MOCK_DIR/rerun.sh"
+  run refresh abc1234def56
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [ -f "$MOCK_DIR/after-first-read" ]
+  [[ "$(body)" == *"started 1 run on \`def5678\`"* ]]
+  [[ "$(body)" == *"- Pro: running, [watch the run](https://e/new)"* ]]
+  [[ "$(body)" != *"e/old"* ]]
+  [ "$(reply_state_decode "$(body)" | jq -r .sha)" = "def5678aaaa" ]
+}
+
+@test "a redraw still works when the pull request cannot be read" {
+  seed_reply
+  seed_check 11 Pro completed success https://e/1
+  export GH_MOCK_PR_FAIL=1
+  run refresh
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$(body)" == *"- Pro: passed, [view the run](https://e/1)"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "a redraw leaves the reply alone when the checks cannot be listed" {
   seed_reply
   before="$(body)"